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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  . Thanks to those of you who read and commented! I then realized I shouldn ... last November. According to this survey, 85 percent of freshmen said ... confident in their the ability to “function effectively as a member of a team

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  left the house, and then forgot to publish it. Well, here it is, a year late. And now, to hit the road for Vermont. Hope this helps with those ... -description attached to this post may have, despite my best efforts, given some of you a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Going Home We're halfway through MIT? o____o

  

  cumin and pepper, and place chicken legs, skin down, on the oil to pan-fry. 5. Once chicken skin begins to change color/aroma begins to develop, add garlic and onion to the skillet to fry along with the chicken. 6

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  flame wars and being used correctly, it's also a great way to let somebody ... 'm not just saying this to say it, I'm saying it because I just had a ... 's distracting me from 2.004 studying). Here's how it started, with an e-mail to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  as Congress prepares to take up the president's budget, which calls for ... obligation, is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of ... interested in energy research or energy education, be sure to check out their

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  people go on to write their ideas out. The minority that does go to the ... writing takes time and time is something which you give to MIT for safekeeping upon arrival. (In theory, MIT returns your time to you upon

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  . IAP is another name of the month of January. Some people may be quick to ... people who may also like to point out that I haven't blogged in like two ... .) (Also, to those who note that it's taken me a while to post again - WE

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  to explain why. Thanksgiving is when Americans gather together with their families to take part in a few time-honored traditions: huge, home ... holiday. Apparently (according to Wikipedia, anyway) the parade began back

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  's impossible to rank the events by awesome, I've ranked them chronologically: 11 ... only wants you to be able to use maths to solve all sorts of problems, but to be cultured and knowledgeable about the world you live in. They

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  fruitful one for me. To recap: Late May -> Early July: Back in Taiwan, relaxing after a year of MIT. Took a short family vacation to Nagoya, Japan ... . Took weekend trips to NYC, Montreal. Saw my first Fourth of July

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  resembling a normally shaped ball. But, to the rest of the world, football is what we call soccer. And to Europe, it's been the focus of everyone ... excited even to make it to the quarter finals. I watched all but one of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  ’d like to tell you a little more about Cracked. Cracked is a student ... part activist. We called our first meeting "Bring it to the Table." We ... well as space in CAVS to meet, and we arrived early in order to prepare

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  high school counselors signed up to listen to Matt's and Ben's presentation. They asked me to tag along as an example of somebody who's not only ... for another, I was actually interested in what they had to say. It

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  was going to end up at MIT for college, I probably would have laughed in ... accomplishments, whenever I thought about applying to MIT, I kept coming back to the ... know the answer to that question. All I know is that I'm here now, and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  a fearless innovator with “new and insightful ways to tackle ... has tinkered with bacteria to make them produce a petroleum-like fuel ... knew what he wanted to do with his life, and he admitted that he always

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  to name my Marya (MAR-ee-uh). Marya Maurer. As it was, Sam's Mom wanted to name me Ishmael, but somebody managed to talk her out of that one ... OF KETCHUP PACKETS, 33-541!) I'm going to be getting free food five

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  'Miracle Child' of Public Drinker Earns a Full Scholarship to MIT ... them to keep it down. On others, Joey took a trip to the emergency room ... with a 93.3 average and earned a full scholarship to the Massachusetts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Corey Kubber MIT will help Corey Kubber '10 "develop and grow, with some eccentric, genius-type people."

  

  Santaluces valedictorian headed to MIT, career in medicine By Kathi ... . 'I like to hang out with my friends,' he said. 'And I like going to the ... each year to an outstanding local student by the Morikami Museum in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The sun comes up, then goes away Graduation day with pictures!

  

  EDIT, 6/11/06: Due to some server problems, this entry and its ... weird, and I'm not sure if I'm going to believe it for a while. Thanks so much to those of you who watched the webcast and saw me get my diplomas

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  . It actually looks beautiful, and I might have to check out Vaduz or ... chair, which means I get to plan things that I always wanted to do and then go to them for free and pretend that I'm promoting socialization

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006